Guidelines for the screening and follow-up of infants born to anti-HCV positive mothers

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 453-457

  Resti, M ^a   Bortolotti, F ^b   Vajro, P ^c   Maggiore, G ^d   Balli, F ^e   Barbera, C ^e   Calacoci, M ^e   Clemente, M G ^e   Colombo, C ^e   Crivellaro, C ^e   D'Antiga, L ^e   De Virgilis, S ^e   Frediani, T ^e   Giacchino, R ^e   Guariso, G ^e   Iorio, R ^e   Marcellini, M ^e   Nebbia, G ^e   Marrazzi, M G ^e   Torre, G ^e   Valentini, P ^e   Vegnente, A ^e   Viola, L ^e   Zancan, L ^e   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^e NONE

Author keywords

HCV infection; HCV RNA positive children; HCV RNA positive mothers; Vertical transmission HCV infection

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CESAREAN SECTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; INFECTION RISK; LABORATORY TEST; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PERINATAL INFECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIREMIA; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; BLOOD; DELIVERY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; REVIEW; VIROLOGY;

BREAST FEEDING; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MASS SCREENING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 0242368101     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1590-8658(03)00217-2     Document Type: Article

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